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Below is a family biography included in History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas by L. Wallace Duncan and Chas. F. Scott, published by Iola Register, 1901.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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ALBERT D. COE. One of the enterprising young farmers and stock-raisers of Liberty township, Woodson County, is Albert D. Coe, who was born in Livingston County, Illinois, on the 6th of May, 1873, the second son of Albert and Farsina Coe. He remained in Illinois until eight years of age and then accompanied his parents on their removal to Kansas m 1881. He acquired a knowledge of the common English branches of learning in the district schools and afterward entered the high school of Yates Center, while later he spent two years in the Agricultural College, at Manhattan; Kansas, pursuing the scientific course. At the time of his marriage his father gave him eighty acres of land upon which he has erected a nice home and is now comfortably situated in life, devoting his energies to the improvement of his land and to the raising of stock. He now has forty head of cattle. He is also connected with his father and brothers in the raising of hay, carrying on the business quite extensively and securing a good income as the reward of their labor when the hay is placed upon the market.

On the 31st of March, 1898, Mr. Coe was united in marriage to Miss Mabel T. Rose, a native of Toronto, Canada, born November 24, 1874, and a daughter of Amzi and Lottie Rose. During her early girlhood her parents came to Kansas, and her father is now engaged in business in Garnett, this state. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Coe has been blessed with one child, Ruth M., who was born May 23, 1900. In his political views Mr. Coe is a Republican, but office seeking has no attraction for him, as he prefers to increase his income through the legitimate channels of business, and his future will undoubtedly be a successful one.

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This family biography is one of 204 biographies included in History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas by L. Wallace Duncan and Chas. F. Scott, published by Iola Register, 1901, Iola, Kansas.  For the complete description, click here: Woodson County, Kansas History and Genealogy

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